The Anaheim Ducks and the host Florida Panthers, who are set to meet on Saturday in Sunrise, Fla., both lost on Thursday. The Ducks seemed kind of happy with the loss.

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BOTTOM LINE: The Florida Panthers take on the Anaheim Ducks in a non-conference matchup. Florida is 26-17-3 overall and 12-9-2 at home. The Panthers have allowed 142 goals while scoring 146 for a +4 scoring differential.

Florida falls to 26-17-3 and has lost seven ... including going a perfect 23 for 23 in the third period. The Panthers wrap up the homestand on Saturday against the Anaheim Ducks (6 p.m., Scripps) before starting a four-game West Coast trip next week.

A chance to bounce back. Falling to the red-hot Detroit Red Wings 5-2 on Thursday at Amerant Bank Arena, the Florida Panthers will have a chance to get two points at home on Saturday against the Anaheim Ducks.

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The Panthers acquired Tarasenko from the Ottawa Senators at the trade deadline last season to add depth to their forward group as well as a veteran presence who had already been where the Panthers were trying to go. Tarasenko already had one Stanley Cup win under his belt, winning it all with the St. Louis Blues in 2019.

After trailing 2-0 after the first period, the Flyers scored all four goals in the second and third period to clinch their eighth third period comeback win of the season, the most in the NHL.

The Tampa Bay Lightning return to Florida having received a little bit of everything on their three-game road trip, but now the attention turns to settling a score with a Western Conference club.

Fresh off an emphatic 6-0 win against the Anaheim Ducks, the Philadelphia Flyers face a much steeper challenge as they welcome the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers to the Wells ...

Jake Guentzel scores the only goal in the shootout to lift the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 4-3 victory over the Ducks.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Dylan Larkin scored two goals and the surging Detroit Red Wings beat the Florida Panthers 5-2 on Thursday night. Larkin, Jonatan Berggren and Patrick Kane had power-play goals for Detroit, which also got a goal from Marco Kasper. Cam Talbot stopped 40 shots for the Red Wings, who have won eight of their last nine games.